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Governors

The School’s governing body is composed of individuals from many different professional backgrounds. It works closely with staff, parents and pupils and takes an active interest in the School.

Chair

Mr A Morsley

Vice Chair

Mr Steven King (External Affairs)

 

Mrs Fiona Randle (Internal Affairs)

Treasurer

Dr Iain Robertson

 

 

 

 

 

 

Link Governors

 

Pre-Prep & Junior School

Mrs Winifred Thomson

Senior Common Room

Mr Stephen Lillicrap

Sixth Form

Mrs Fiona Randle

Operations and Finance

Mr Bill Mannings (Operations):Iain Robertson (Finance)

Old Edwardians

Mr John Isherwood

 

 

Education, Performance & Human Resources

Mrs Winifred Thomas (Chair)

 

Mr John Isherwood

 

Mr Stephen Lillicrap

 

 

 

 

 

Finance & General Purposes

 

Mr Iain Robertson (Treasurer and Chair

Mr David Medlock

 

 

 

 

 

Marketing & Development

 

Mr Steven King (Chair)

 

Mr Andrew Harvey

 

 

 

Premises, Estates, Health & Safety

Mrs Fiona Randle (Chair)

 

Mrs Fiona Bigwood

 

Mr Bill Mannings

 

Mr Rod Timbrell-Whittle

 




Governors' Profiles


Dr Fiona Bigwood

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Qualifications
BSc, MB, ChB
Diploma Occupational Medicine

Association with school
Parent

Experience in Public or Commercial life
NHS Doctor 22 years
Occupational Physician Royal United Hospital
Medical Officer for a defence company
Management committee for a Bath charity

Particular interests/special expertise and responsibilities
Health and safety

Hobbies
Netball (playing), rugby (watching), cooking



Mr Andrew Harvey

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Association with School

 

Parent


Particular Interests/Special Expertise and Responsibilities

Marketing and Finance


Experience in Public or Commercial Life

Businessman


Hobbies

Sailing, tennis and golf

 




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Mr John Isherwood

Qualifications

Barrister

Association with School

Former Parent and Ex-Pupil

Membership of Governor Sub-Committees

Appointed Governor in January 2002

Member of the Education and Performance Committee.

Link Governor with the Old Edwardians’ Association.


Particular Interests/Special Expertise and Responsibilities

Former President of the Old Edwardians’ Association.


Experience in Public or Commercial Life

Established and is Head of Unity Street Chambers in Bristol.

Hobbies

Rugby enthusiast.

 



 



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Mr Steven King


Association with School

Parent



Particular Interests/Special Expertise and Responsibilities

Justice of the Peace

Hon Clerk to the High Sheriff of Wiltshire

Young People against Crime initiatives


Experience in Public or Commercial Life

Marketing and Public Relations Consultant
Magazine Publisher

Chairman of a Software solutions/e-learning company


Hobbies

Involved in a number of voluntary organisations




 



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Professor Stephen Lillicrap

Qualifications
DSc PhD FInstP

Association with School
Former Parent

 

Experience in Public or Commercial Life

 

Physicist with Institute of Cancer Research

Head of Medical Physics, Wessex Regional Medical Physics Service

Professor, School of Physics, University of Bath

Director of Bath Institute of Medical Engineering.

Formerly Teacher and Examiner of under-graduate to PhD level.


Hobbies

Classical guitar, church, rugby.





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Mr Bill Mannings


Association with School

Former Pupil 

Membership of Governor Sub-Committees

Appointed Governor in June 1983

Member of the Premises and Resource Committee

Link Governors (with Mrs Ali Skedd) to the Operations and Finance Staff.


Particular Interests/Special Expertise and Responsibilities

General Commissioner of Taxes Bath Division

Expertise in Building Construction


Experience in Public or Commercial Life

Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm 1948-50

Retired Chairman of G Mannings & Sons Ltd, and several other Building and Electrical Contractors over the last 50 years.

Retired Chairman of Bath Building Society

Chairman of  F R Daw Ltd Garden Centres.


Hobbies

Golf at Bath Golf Club:  Captain in 1962, President 1988/89, currently Trustee of the Club.

Fly fishing.





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Mr Alan John Morsley

 

 

 

Qualifications

Graduate of Imperial College, London
Fellow of Institute of Mathematics



Experience in Public or Commercial Life

Leadership in Independent Education

20 years of leading an Independent School

Headmaster of Rishworth School 1986 – 1992
Headmaster of Plymouth College 1992 – 2006
Formerly a teacher of mathematics in both the Independent and Maintained Sector
Chairman of Headmaster’s Conference (South West) 2003 - 2005




 





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Mr David J Medlock


Qualifications

BSc Environmental Sciences, MCIEH


Association with School

Former pupil and ex Parent



Particular Interests/Special Expertise and Responsibilities

Engineering


Experience in Public or Commercial Life

Managing Director of SITEC group of companies and international recruitment company.

Managing Trustee of the Medlock Charitable Trust making grants of over £1million per annum.

Pro-chancellor Bath University

Merchant Venturer Bristol


Hobbies

Rugby, reading and Freemasonry






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Mrs Fiona Randle


Association with School

Parent



Particular Interests/Special Expertise and Responsibilities

Planning, managing and implementing capital investment in Bath & NE Somerset schools
Manage capital funding streams

Analysis of school accommodation

Advice and support to


Experience in Public or Commercial Life

Schools Asset Manager, Children Services Bath & NE Somerset

Administrative roles

Service in voluntary capacity

 

Hobbies

Theatre, concerts, gardening and dogs.

 

 

 

 

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Dr Iain Robertson

 

Qualifications

MA Natural Sciences, Cambridge University

PhD Theoretical Physics, Cambridge University


Association with School

Parent



Experience in Public or Commercial Life

15 years investment banking, specialising in mergers and acquisitions advice to UK companies or relating to UK companies.

 

1992 – 2000 Schroders plc, 2000 - 2008 Managing Director in Citigroup’s UK Investment Banking Group









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Mrs Winifred Thomson


Qualifications

MEd BEd (Hons) LLCM(TD) ALCM


Association with School

Grandparent


Particular Interests/Special Expertise and Responsibilities
Professional development and Training
Performance Management/Appraisal
Curriculum Development and Innovation

 


Experience in Public or Commercial Life

Qualified as a Teacher of Music, teaching in both primary and secondary schools; Other posts included Head of Music, Director of Studies and Deputy Head. Currently Workforce Reform Adviser for Bath & NE Somerset LA, responsible for Continuing Professional Development and for Newly Qualified Teachers


Hobbies

Music, theatre, foreign travel, social history


 

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Mr Roderick Timbrell-Whittle


Qualifications

MSc. Phd. CEng.MIMM. MIQA


Association with School

Parent


Particular Interests/Special Expertise and Repsonsibilities

Financial and Strategic Planning. Design, innovation and technology. Forensic metallurgy and failure analysis. Urban design and planning


Experience in public or commercial life

Chairman of a group of companies. Consultee on regional planning policy


Hobbies and pastimes

Golf, Fly fishing, watercolour painting, classic car restoration, walking, reading, theatre, supporting Bath Rugby and Cricket